Practical Inference Methods for Mechanistic Modelling of Biological Systems
September 18th/19th 2007, Glasgow UK


Schedule

Tuesday 18th September

12.00Lunch and registration
13.00Mark GirolamiIntroduction
13.10Andrew MillarUnwinding the circadian clock with systems biology
13.50Ben CalderheadBayesian Inference of Mechanistic Systems Models Using Population MCMC. [.pdf]
14.15Nicolas BrunelParameter estimation of ODE's using Support Vector Regression and Qualitative Constraints. [.pdf]
14.40Coffee and discussion
15.00Lorenz WernischReconstructing hidden protein activity by nonparameteric methods. [.txt]
15.40Vladislav VyshemirskyA study of MCMC and deterministic approximations for hypothesis testing using ODE models. [.txt]
16.05Frédéric Y. BoisFrom Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modelling toward System Biology. [.doc]
16.30Mark GirolamiDiscussion
17.30Close
19.30Workshop dinner at Balbirs Indian Restaurant

Wednesday 19th September

9.00Dirk HusmeierGene regulatory network reconstruction by Bayesian integration of prior knowledge and/or different experimental conditions. [.txt]
9.40Andreas RuttorWeak noise approximate inference for diffusion models. [.pdf]
10.05Guido SanguinettiVariational Inference for Markov Jump Processes. [.pdf]
10.30Coffee and discussion
11.00Julio VeraMathematical Modeling of Cell Signalling Pathways. [.doc]
11.40Christopher PenfoldTowards a Polymer Model of Genetic Recombination. [.ps] [.pdf]
12.05Vladislav VyshemirskyA software tool for Bayesian inference of ODE Biochemical Models. [.txt]
12.30Lunch and discussion
14.30Workshop ends


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